Selling Directly To JCH Properties vs. Listing With A Local Agent
It’s smart to look at your options to see how you can best reach your goals with the sale of your house. While you may be able to get a higher sales price listing with a local agent, that doesn’t always boil down to more money in your pocket or less headaches. What about commissions and fees? Closing Costs and Taxes? Inspections? Appraisals? And of course, who is going to do all those costly repairs? Dive into the details below to compare your selling options.
| Selling w/ A Joliet Agent | SOLD To JCH Properties | |
|---|---|---|
| Commissions / Fees: | Up to 6%, paid by you, the seller | None |
| Who Pays Closing Costs? | 2% on average is paid by you, the seller | We pay traditional seller closing costs. |
| Average Days Until Sold: | 90+ Days | We provide immediate cash offers and alternative higher value offers. |
| Number of Contacts: | It depends: Multiple Agent(s) on a team, attorney, paralegal, assistants… | 1 (Just Us for all coordination) |
| Closing Date: | 60-90+/- days after accepting the buyer’s offer | The date of YOUR CHOICE with different purchase offers. |
| Who Pays For Repairs? | Negotiated during the inspection period | We pay for all repairs. |
Work The Numbers And See Which Way Helps You Get There…
When you really work the numbers you start to see the real benefits that each way of selling your Chicagoland house offers.
Yes, here at JCH Properties we won’t be able to offer you full retail value for your house, but we offer other benefits that the traditional house sale route can’t offer.
Like…
From offer to close and cash in your hand in as little as 14 days.
You can get rid of the headaches of your property fast and avoid paying anymore utility payments, tax payments, insurance payments, mortgage payments… you get the drill. If you list your house and wait 90+ days to close, you have to figure in all of the costs of holding that property during the time you have it listed and are waiting for the property to close. If you choose a longer timetable, we can discuss what pressures you face financially and incorporate that into the offer.
A totally different approach to inspection and financing that burns sellers every day
An inspection contingency lets the traditional buyer do an inspection, which is reasonable, but nearly always has their attorney demanding repairs on behalf of the buyer’s interests. Unreasonable repairs as if they are buying a new car rather than a used house! Examples like:
1.) Wrong outlet in the garage, well they demand a qualified and bonded electrician to install a GFCI at $250 per outlet and you need to provide receipts.
2.) There’s a minor leak under the sink, the attorney will demand a professional plumber be engaged to fix that $3 piece you can get at Home Depot, and yeah they want a receipt you paid $300 to repair it
3.) Insulation settled in the attic and is less than 6 inches? You guessed it, you better be ready to pay a contractor to blow in all new insulation and provide receipts!
And if you can’t afford any of these repairs, the buyer attorney will accept a simple $7,500 repair credit to move on with the sale.
Eliminate this game to force more money out of you as the seller in the middle of the process. JCH Properties may do an inspection, but we know what we’re buying and that’s a used property that will have things to fix. We rarely find anything so major that it changes a single dollar on the offer price. And if there’s a major unforeseen issue, we approach it with you and talk about options.
Similar, a financing contingency gives the buyer the wiggle room to back out of the purchase if they can’t obtain a loan or if the home doesn’t appraise for the value that the bank needs to close the loan. Here at JCH Properties we don’t use bank financing so you don’t have to worry about some third party telling us what you need to do affecting our ability to close on a deal.
Don’t worry about fixing anything or cleaning your house again and again for buyer after buyer.
We don’t care how dirty your house is (trust us, we’ve seen worse!) or how many repairs are needed. If it’s a complete rehab job, Great! We love a big project. The key is that we are experts in fixing up, cleaning, and reselling so you don’t have to guess at what’s important to fix or clean. Let us save you time and put more money in your pocket.
No pesky closing fees. We’ve got you covered!
Because we are a full-service professional home buyer here in the Chicagoland area, we make it easy for you. We pay for all of the closing costs. What we offer you is what you get (of course minus any mortgage payoff or other taxes or encumbrances on the property). It’s pretty refreshing to know the number up front vs. a traditional sale with thousands of extra costs coming later.
So when you add up the time you could save by working with JCH Properties, the no-hassle experience, and the money you’ll save on commissions, fees, and holding costs while you wait to sell the traditional route, it’s obvious why for so many homeowners in Joliet and the surrounding Chicagoland area selling to a professional house buyer is the best viable option.
Is it for you?
See for yourself and get a fair all-cash offer on your house today.
Just fill out the short form below or give us a call at 815.267.6563 (call or text) and let’s chat! Our process is simple and you can close on the date of your choice. You have nothing to lose by getting an offer (no obligations – no pressure), but you could potentially lose thousands of dollars or months of your time by not requesting your FREE house offer below.